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Serum Digoxin Concentration and Diagnosis of Digitalis Toxicity Current Concepts

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    Thomas H. Lee & Thomas W. Smith

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Thomas H. Lee & Thomas W. Smith

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Lee, T.H., Smith, T.W. Serum Digoxin Concentration and Diagnosis of Digitalis Toxicity Current Concepts. Clin Pharmacokinet 8, 279–285 (1983). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003088-198308040-00001

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